#C9BF3F#C9BF3F

#C9BF3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.145 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF3F
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -11.29, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 63.73, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0371 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.145 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6171, 50.0396, 12.0627)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF3F #3F49C9

analogous

#C97A3F #C9BF3F #8EC93F

triadic

#C9BF3F #3FC9BF #BF3FC9

tetradic

#C9BF3F #3FC97A #3F49C9 #C93F8E

square

#C9BF3F #3FC97A #3F49C9 #C93F8E

split-complementary

#C9BF3F #3F8EC9 #7A3FC9

monochromatic

#6F691F #9E962D #C9BF3F #D6CF6F #E4DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BF3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#C9BF3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF3F

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF3F	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.145 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27c',
    500: '#c9bf3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf3f;
$custom-light: #ddd27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79004,
    "c": 0.14495,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF3F

secondary

#343978

accent

#53DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF3F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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